The wife of a northern Illinois police officer who killed himself after embezzling from a youth program has been indicted on charges of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds from the same organization.

Melodie Gliniewicz turned herself in on Wednesday at the Lake County Sheriff's Office after the grand jury agreed she should face criminal charges.

She was being processed and taken to the county jail Wednesday afternoon, he said. Her bond was set at $50,000.

Her husband, Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, also known as 'G.I. Joe', stole tens of thousands of dollars from the Fox Lake Police Explorers Post during a seven-year stretch, according to police.

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Melodie Gliniewicz (above) turned herself in on Wednesday at the Lake County Sheriff's Office after the grand jury agreed she should face criminal charges for allegedly distributing funds from a youth program

She is the wife of a northern Illinois police officer who authorities say killed himself after embezzling from a youth program

The grand jury indicted Gliniewicz on felony counts of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds without authority for personal benefit. When the allegations came to light, her bank accounts were frozen in November

He staged his suicide on September 1 to look like a homicide because he feared investigators were close to discovering and unveiling his illicit scheme.

Joe Gliniewicz had run the Explorer program for teens interested in possible careers in law enforcement. Authorities say Melodie Gliniewicz served as an adviser to the Explorer Post and had a fiduciary role with the program's finances.

Her accounts were frozen in November when the allegations came to light.

In November, an official with knowledge of the death investigation identified Mrs Gliniewicz as one of the recipients of thousands of pages of incriminating text and Facebook messages Joe Gliniewicz had sent. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the probe publicly.

Below are two of the messages the official says they exchanged:

One of the conversations was on April 14, when a worried Gliniewicz and his wife exchanged messages about money, a retirement date and whether someone, presumably new village administrator Anne Marrin, had the authority to conduct a review of village finances.

Mrs Cliniewicz said: '...maybe we need to hide the funds some how.'

In a June 22 message, Gliniewicz informs his wife that he used the Explorer account to pay for a travel expense:

'Used the exploder acct for the flight, $624.70. It can wait for a while, their acct is sitting at $3000'ish now,' the officer said.

Gliniewicz's death touched off an intense manhunt involving hundreds of officers and raised fears of cop killers on the loose.

Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz (left), also known as 'G.I. Joe', stole tens of thousands of dollars from the Fox Lake Police Explorers Post during a seven-year stretch, according to police. Her bond was set to $50,000

Above she is pictured on September 2, 2015, with her sons at a vigil for her husband after his death

Two months after Gliniewicz' death, authorities announced that he had killed himself after embezzling from the village's Police Explorer program for seven years, prompting tough questions about why it had taken so long to reach that conclusion.

'We completely believed from day one that this was a homicide,' George Filenko, the commander of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, told reporters at the time.

Hundreds of police officers from around the country attend Gliniewicz's funeral with a mile-long procession through Fox Lake.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

The Lake County Major Crime Task Force holds a news conference to say a promising lead didn't pan out but that they are trying to identify DNA left at the crime scene.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

The Lake County coroner says Gliniewicz died of a 'single devastating' gunshot wound, but that it can't rule whether his death was a homicide, suicide or accident.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

Police leading the investigation call the coroner's release of Gliniewicz's cause of death inappropriate and potentially harmful.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Former Chicago police officer Joseph A. Battaglia is charged with a felony for allegedly threatening the Lake County coroner and investigators unless they categorized Gliniewicz's death as a suicide.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Gliniewicz's son, Donald 'D.J.' Gliniewicz, says his father 'never once had a single suicidal thought in his life.'

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Police say they received the results of gun residue and ballistics tests but that they don't support or exclude any theories in Gliniewicz's death.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

Police hold a news conference to say Gliniewicz was shot twice with his own weapon and there were signs of struggle at the scene.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13

A woman from a nearby community pleads not guilty to falsely telling police she saw suspects wanted in Gliniewicz's death.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3

The Lake County Sheriff's Office calls a Wednesday news conference to announce the results of its investigation into Gliniewicz's death.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Authorities say Gliniewicz elaborately staged his own death and had embezzled thousands of dollars over seven years from the Fox Lake Police Explorers club, which he oversaw. They say he spent the money on mortgage payments, travel and adult websites, among other things.